Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was natural , really , and it meant nothing nothing at all . |
| 2 | Now on the Friday , the eighteenth of October , er Peter telephoned the plaintiff 's home to speak to Mr erm but on this occasion he spoke to his assistant June and er , she was someone who at this stage was involved in the planning and the running of the business together with acting very much as his personal assistant and Mr had a conversation with June on the telephone in which he told her that he had received a letter from the solicitors which indicated that they had not yet , er , the landlords er licence to assign had not yet been given . |
| 3 | The song is , it appears , about the lack of sex education in schools , a subject which we at Public NME feel is indeed worthy of airing , and what a shame more of our nation 's pop stars have n't taken up the musical cudgel , so to speak . |
| 4 | Loyalty sealed her lips , even with Liz and Esther , whom she at this period rarely saw . |
| 5 | I 'll grind your corn for you and charge you nothing at all . " |
| 6 | Goddam , you nothing at all . ’ |
| 7 | I shall now test the class on the multiplication tables to see if Miss Honey has taught you anything at all in that direction . ’ |
| 8 | The good news is that , while some items will probably take a heftier slice of your budget , others will certainly be cheaper or no longer cost you anything at all . |
| 9 | Quite apart from the mis-spellings and shabby presentation it hardly tells you anything at all . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , ’ he said , one dark eyebrow raised , ‘ did n't your father tell you anything at all ? |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not telling you anything at all ! |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't they teach you anything at that school ? ’ inquired Brian , not without some satisfaction at what must be the child 's discomfiture . |
| 13 | We bore a letter of introduction from Werner Meyer to Puang Ranteallo , son of the late king — whom we at last tracked down in an astonishing arena . |
| 14 | Of course this figure tells one nothing at all about why the material has the strength which it has and whether it ought to be stronger . |
| 15 | In the novel , however , Marcel finds that this exploration mostly leads to a dead end , since the conscious effort of remembering , which is after all an effort of mind and will , is something which at best yields only a lifeless image of the past . |
| 16 | Of course , unless the facts were absolutely clear , it would be foolish to prosecute under section 1 an offence of obtaining by deception , since something which at first looked like larceny by a trick might turn out to have involved a transfer of the ownership , in which case only section 15 would meet the prosecution 's needs , if I am right . |
| 17 | It was obviously made to stand up with its foot on something which at first I could not make out for all the dust and dirt but eventually realised was a skull . |
| 18 | She noticed something which at first seemed familiar and natural and then , as its significance dawned on her , sinister . |
| 19 | It was an enchanting and heady experience , and one which could hardly be other than irresistible : a delightful upbringing for the future queen consort of France , but not one which at first sight looks like adequate preparation for the future queen regnant of Scotland . |
| 20 | ‘ It often happens that one who at first was listening gladly becomes exhausted and now opens his mouth no longer to give assent but to yawn , and even involuntarily gives signs that he wants to depart . |
| 21 | it was only one one at half time |
| 22 | ‘ Was there anything at all about them that struck you as odd ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Tell me , is there anything at all that we can do ? ’ |
| 24 | You 've told me abou quite a lot about er yes quite a lot of the bad points , are there are there any , is there anything at all , any good points at all , about living here ? |
| 25 | Was there anything at all that I could it with ? |
| 26 | She wanted to know more about Alain and he had told her nothing at all . |
| 27 | They continued chatting for a while , in which time Nigger got the definite impression that the six months in jail that Terry told him he had recently endured for receiving stolen property , had taught him nothing at all . |
| 28 | But I did n't tell her everything at first , I just told her about the first two instances . |
| 29 | Why give her anything at all ? |
| 30 | And Rabbit , knowing this , could in fact have answered Pooh 's question without telling him anything at all . |